Intent to Award Sole Source Cengage Learning Inc. Gale Multi Database
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- FA8604-20-Q-5041
- Agency
- AFLCMC Wright Patterson AFB Lifecycle Management Center, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- PSC
- 7630 Newspapers And Periodicals
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Air Force intends to award a sole source contract to Cengage Learning Inc. for a Gale Multi-Topic Database package. The package must include over 160 million full-text articles, multimedia assets, and eBooks covering various subject areas. It must also provide access to specific Gale and National Geographic published reference materials, videos, images, and maps from 1888 to present. Responses to the notice are due by September 10, 2020. The period of performance is from September 30, 2020 through September 29, 2024 with three one-year option periods.
There is no set-aside designation. The package is classified under NAICS code 519130 and PSC code R425. The potential value is approximately $2 million annually with a total contract value estimated at $10 million over the five year ordering period including options. The contract provides unlimited simultaneous user access across 160 government locations.
Notice text
NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE
Product description: Gale Multi-Topic Database package. Tools feature 160 million full-text articles from leading books, journals, magazines, newspapers and primary sources, multimedia assets including videos, podcasts, tutorials and images, daily updates of new content. These databases cover subject matter with a specific focus on business practices, literary resources, environmental studies, and world cultures. The information is provided in a simple user interface that allows users to search an individual database or the entire collection. Gale Cengage users can browse by topic or preform detailed searches. They can also use the Access My Library mobile application that is customizable app that allows users to save article, citation, and links.
Product characteristics an equal item must meet to be considered:
- Must provide Gale published eBooks - 25 tiles from pick list
- Must provide Gale in Context: Biography, Gale General OneFile with Collections & Health Reference Center Academic
- Gale General OneFiles - Agriculture, Business, Business Economics and Theory, Communication and Mass Media, Criminal Justice, Culinary Arts, Diversity Studies, Environmental Issues and Policy, Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture, Gender Studies, Home Improvement, Hospitality, Tourism, Leisure, Information Science, and Library Issues, Insurance and Liability, Nursing and Allied Health, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Pop Culture, Popular Magazines, Professional, Psychology, Religion and Philosophy, U.S. History, Vocations and Careers, War and Terrorism.
- Must provide National Geographic Kids, National Geographic People, Animals, World, & National Geographic Current to 1888 databases
- Must provide National Geographic produced content of videos, images, maps, books and magazines from 1888 to present
- Must provide access to DoD owned Gale published Reference eBooks in databases searches and topic finder for customer usage
- Must include backfiles and unlimited simultaneous access to content by users.
- Must be able to provide peer reviewed material and articles
- Must be able to provide material on all subjects listed above and specific content provider/publisher
- Needs to be able to provide searches by all database or by individual databases
- Needs to be able to browse by subject with visual topic map/finder graphic alternative to get regular search results
- Needs to have notes and highlight feature to articles/topics that can be downloaded or printed by customer for later usage and work seamlessly with Google and Microsoft customer personal accounts for saving information for later usage.
- Needs to have a mobile application that allows users to save articles, citations, and links
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Intent to Award Sole Source.docx.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| J&A Cengage Learning Inc. Gale Multi Database | Limited / Sole Source Justification | |
| Intent to Award Sole Source Cengage Learning Inc. Gale Multi Database | Pre-Solicitation | |
| Sources Sought Cengage Learning Inc. Gale Multi Database | Pre-Solicitation |
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